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Article #24674Re: Documentation
From: daryl
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1987 19:27
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1987 19:27
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> >Use the Developer Support phone number provided in your documentation. > Oh, you mean the documentation that one can't get unless one purchases > undesired software at exorbitant (well, at least *unreasonable*) prices? > Tell me again how Atari supports developers. (I saw the 8-), but still... ) I have been watching this for a few days. I am amazed (not necessarily at the above author, but it was a convenient followup article) on how many people are unwilling to purchase the ATARI package but feel that they somehow deserve free information. If the information ATARI provides has some value, then each of us must evaluate ATARI's asking price with our perceived value of it. When we decide that other software is a better value, then OK, but we should expect that software to provide the necessary documentation. I do, however, believe that ATARI should unbundle the machine detailed documentation from the various development packages. disclaimer: I own an ATARI, own stock in ATARI, and am extremely biased in favor of ATARI...... Daryl Monge UUCP: ...!ihnp4!iheds!dlm AT&T CIS: 72717,65 Bell Labs, Naperville, Ill AT&T 312-979-3603
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!ihlpe!daryl From: daryl@ihlpe.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Documentation Message-ID: <1511@ihlpe.UUCP> Date: Sat, 31-Jan-87 14:27:25 EST Article-I.D.: ihlpe.1511 Posted: Sat Jan 31 14:27:25 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Feb-87 00:03:33 EST References: <544@atari.UUCP> <981@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: Engineering Design Process Department, AT&T Bell Labs Lines: 25